The black and orange patches that define the coloring of a calico cat beautifully illustrate the genetic mechanism known as "dosage compensation." You see, almost all calico cats are female which ...

A: Calico cats have orange, black and white fur, while tortoiseshell cats — "torties" — sport orange and black fur. Because of the genes that code for coat color, both types of cats are almost ...

An orange Maine Coon cat. Ekaterina79/Getty Images 4. Bengal. The Bengal is a beautiful breed that is in fact a hybrid of Asian leopard cats, Egyptian Mau, and other domestic cats.

Her face is black on one side with a yellow eye and orange on the other side with a blue eye. Venus has up to 913,000 fans on Facebook, has appeared in numerous YouTube videos and TV shows and was ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are both cultural icons and beloved pets. But their distinctive color comes ...

Male cats with orange-colored parents only get one copy of the orange mutation and thus end up with entirely orange fur. Female cats, however, have two X chromosomes.